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Thursday 28 May 2009
Task (7) Problem and Solutions
Everyone knows these days that global warming is a big problem in our life. Global warming has increased more than before. Of course there are many causes for this problem; also there are many solutions that the scientists have discovered. In this blog I’m going to write a problem-solution report about global warming and give a solutions plan in my opinion.
The problems that face us about the global warming are many. I’ll talk about the most important issues. The first problem related with global warming is the effect on animals. In general, it affects nature. It affects the lives of the animals and their lifestyle for many countries(http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/299360/the_effects_of_global_warming_on_animals.html ) . That means if the climate changed 1 C, it will have effects in big ways. Imagine it changing to 5 C? It will be a catastrophe. A third problem is the increase of carbon dioxide. If the carbon dioxide level increase, the temperature of the earth will rise and it will become hotter and hotter (http://footprint.wwf.org.uk). We also measured our carbon foot print and my footprint is 3.64 which mean I need 3.64 planets to live; it was the same in our class and almost all students need 3.86 planets to live their lifestyle. Most of us share in increasing our footprint by eating and travelling.
Although there are many problems for global warming, also there are several things we can do to solve the problem of global warming. (http://www.globalwarmingsolutions.org) One solution is to use clean technologies. The clean technologies will decrease carbon dioxide by 51%. Another solution is to plant the earth with more trees. When the trees breathe, they take the carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. A third solution is to use electricity instead of fuel and gases. When the people depend more on electrical energy the carbon dioxide will decrease.
Overall, in my opinion global warming can be controlled if we control our lifestyle and try not to do thing not necessary. And try to use fewer cars and big machines that create a lot of carbon dioxide.
Bibliography:
1. "Global warming." Associatedcontent. 28 May 2009.
2. "Global warming." Climatehotmap. 28 May 2009
3. "Global warming." Globalwarmingsolutions. 28 May 2009
4. "Global warming." Ucsusa. 28 May 2009.
5. "Global warming." Footprint. 28 May 2009.
The problems that face us about the global warming are many. I’ll talk about the most important issues. The first problem related with global warming is the effect on animals. In general, it affects nature. It affects the lives of the animals and their lifestyle for many countries(http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/299360/the_effects_of_global_warming_on_animals.html ) . That means if the climate changed 1 C, it will have effects in big ways. Imagine it changing to 5 C? It will be a catastrophe. A third problem is the increase of carbon dioxide. If the carbon dioxide level increase, the temperature of the earth will rise and it will become hotter and hotter (http://footprint.wwf.org.uk). We also measured our carbon foot print and my footprint is 3.64 which mean I need 3.64 planets to live; it was the same in our class and almost all students need 3.86 planets to live their lifestyle. Most of us share in increasing our footprint by eating and travelling.
Although there are many problems for global warming, also there are several things we can do to solve the problem of global warming. (http://www.globalwarmingsolutions.org) One solution is to use clean technologies. The clean technologies will decrease carbon dioxide by 51%. Another solution is to plant the earth with more trees. When the trees breathe, they take the carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. A third solution is to use electricity instead of fuel and gases. When the people depend more on electrical energy the carbon dioxide will decrease.
Overall, in my opinion global warming can be controlled if we control our lifestyle and try not to do thing not necessary. And try to use fewer cars and big machines that create a lot of carbon dioxide.
Bibliography:
1. "Global warming." Associatedcontent. 28 May 2009
2. "Global warming." Climatehotmap. 28 May 2009
3. "Global warming." Globalwarmingsolutions. 28 May 2009
4. "Global warming." Ucsusa. 28 May 2009
5. "Global warming." Footprint. 28 May 2009
Thursday 7 May 2009
Task 6 Cool City
There is a corporation of 12 organizations called SDCJ and they want to build a clean city. These companies want to build a city that has clean air to benefit people. We saw a video in the class with our teacher about the Cool City and now I will write about this video which talks about the city.
However, there is also a solution to reduce the huge amount of CO2. The solution is to build Cool cities. Cool cities use the natural energy to reduce carbon. Also this city has zero carbon emissions. The Japanese have created this idea and they are working on it now. Also there is another city in the UAE and it is called Masdar city. They have started the project of Masdar city now and the location for this city is in Abu Dhabi. In Cool cities there are three types of transportation and these three types have zero carbon emission. In Cool city there are no cars, buses and trains. People will use only hybrid vehicles and water transportation. Also they use effective techniques to reduce heat by a lot of trees and canals. In addition, they use the wind to keep the city cool and build shaded areas to reduce the heat and people can walk anytime in shaded areas (Cheung.P).
In my opinion, the idea that SDCJ came up with, will help people to be healthy and protect the environment. The UAE is making a great step toward the future.
Thursday 30 April 2009
Summary (3) Traditions weigh on China’s women
In this article the writer talks about the suicide cases which became a habit in China for people who suffer from problems. The women suicide case is more than men especially in the countryside. This problem happens too much in rural areas where you can find agricultural poisons. Some fights between the husband and his wife end up with the women taking the poison to commit suicide just to make the husband know that it is not the right way to treat your wife. In addition, the suicide is a result of the heavy duties for the wife and the fights between them and their husband. Some people think that the tradition is one reason for this problem and some wives decide to commit suicide asking their husbands for better life and to tell everyone about how terrible their life is. The number of men is bigger than the number of women and this will cause very negative results such as prostitution and rape with no concept of mercy. One organization helps women to describe their feelings. In addition, there want to provide some subjects such as computing, cooking, information about suicide and marriage. Many of China’s women travel to another country and work. They get experience in life and become confident which means that working outside China is a good solution.
Mean idea:
The women in China commit suicide because their husbands take the women and do what they want and treat them like animals.
Opinion:
In my opinion the women should work outside the country to have an experience in the Married life, just as the writer says, because suicide would become less and we should let them do whatever they want.
Mean idea:
The women in China commit suicide because their husbands take the women and do what they want and treat them like animals.
Opinion:
In my opinion the women should work outside the country to have an experience in the Married life, just as the writer says, because suicide would become less and we should let them do whatever they want.
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Carbon footprint
My teacher gave us a web site to know what I measured in my carbon footprint in http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/.
Carbon footprint is the total GHG emissions you personally are responsible for in our life. I measure my friends carbon footprints 4.39, 3.3, 2.22 and 3.64 and the average of carbon footprint in my class is 3.86 and it is high and it means nearly 4 planets. As you can see the carbon footprint is not the same for everyone; each one has his own rate which depends on the way he lives.
There are various ways to reduce the amount of consumption of the earth’s resource and reduce the harm one person can cause like using cleaner ways of transportation by walking or using a bike to go for small errands to the market instead of the car. Also in the house one can use energy saving lights or choose energy efficient appliances. For food you can at least plant a garden of your own or choose food with less packaging to reduce waste and for housing use biodegradable, non-toxic cleaning products. Everyone in the world is trying their best to reduce the carbon emissions anyway possible and the UAE too is participating in this cause so we should look after this problem. I hope that everybody takes this problem seriously and I hope they think before they do anything.
Carbon footprint is the total GHG emissions you personally are responsible for in our life. I measure my friends carbon footprints 4.39, 3.3, 2.22 and 3.64 and the average of carbon footprint in my class is 3.86 and it is high and it means nearly 4 planets. As you can see the carbon footprint is not the same for everyone; each one has his own rate which depends on the way he lives.
There are various ways to reduce the amount of consumption of the earth’s resource and reduce the harm one person can cause like using cleaner ways of transportation by walking or using a bike to go for small errands to the market instead of the car. Also in the house one can use energy saving lights or choose energy efficient appliances. For food you can at least plant a garden of your own or choose food with less packaging to reduce waste and for housing use biodegradable, non-toxic cleaning products. Everyone in the world is trying their best to reduce the carbon emissions anyway possible and the UAE too is participating in this cause so we should look after this problem. I hope that everybody takes this problem seriously and I hope they think before they do anything.
Thursday 9 April 2009
Task 4, Argument: An Inconvenient Truth
A favorable review:
Brandon Fibbs http://brandonfibbs.com/2006/05/24/an-inconvenient-truth/ says that all scientists agree about global warming and that we are responsible. He thinks the movie was supported by so much evidence such as photos, facts and charts. Al Gore has enough studies to convince even the most ardent skeptic. He had shocking photographic evidence that showed the effect of global warming. Brandon Fibbs thinks that Al Gore ended the movie on a positive note when he said it was a moral issue not a political issue.
An unfavorable review:
Scott, http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/05/24/movies/24trut.html , says that Al Gore is a good speaker, but his message about global warming was interrupted when he started making jokes about Bush and the Republicans. As Scott sees it, the movie doesn’t seem to be about global warming but it seems to be about selling Al Gore as a saint or as future president. He wants the audience to believe him by moving them emotionally when he was talking about his personal life. There was another unfavorable review by Eric; he said that Al Gore may have shown the audience the pictures of glaciers that was taken in the winter and another in the summer. Also he said that Al Gore should have replaced the biased politics with references for his facts.
Opinion:
In my opinion this movie is interesting for many reasons and these reasons are a lot of information about global warming. The way the movie was presented and Al Gore’s way of explaining the causes of this problem were great. I think that people will take more responsibility when they know about this problem.
Brandon Fibbs http://brandonfibbs.com/2006/05/24/an-inconvenient-truth/ says that all scientists agree about global warming and that we are responsible. He thinks the movie was supported by so much evidence such as photos, facts and charts. Al Gore has enough studies to convince even the most ardent skeptic. He had shocking photographic evidence that showed the effect of global warming. Brandon Fibbs thinks that Al Gore ended the movie on a positive note when he said it was a moral issue not a political issue.
An unfavorable review:
Scott, http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/05/24/movies/24trut.html , says that Al Gore is a good speaker, but his message about global warming was interrupted when he started making jokes about Bush and the Republicans. As Scott sees it, the movie doesn’t seem to be about global warming but it seems to be about selling Al Gore as a saint or as future president. He wants the audience to believe him by moving them emotionally when he was talking about his personal life. There was another unfavorable review by Eric; he said that Al Gore may have shown the audience the pictures of glaciers that was taken in the winter and another in the summer. Also he said that Al Gore should have replaced the biased politics with references for his facts.
Opinion:
In my opinion this movie is interesting for many reasons and these reasons are a lot of information about global warming. The way the movie was presented and Al Gore’s way of explaining the causes of this problem were great. I think that people will take more responsibility when they know about this problem.
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Summary (2) Riches Await As Earth's Icy North Melts
Summary:The international race has accelerated by the impact of global warming on Earth’s frozen north. The latest report by the U.S says the ice is receding because of greenhouse gases. The ASA Company wants to benefit from oil fields. Some companies focus on searching for oil in the north. Russia is developing the field and Norway is hoping to use their technology for it. Opening the North Pole will make navigation easier and the sailing time would reduce. Although Canada and Denmark sent war ships to the island, the peace was kept with no shooting. Russia sent the first ship to arrive at the North Pole without an icebreaker’s help. The American transportation company OmniTrax Inc moved more than 500,000 tons of grain through the Churchill port. A previous report was saying the ice melting would take 100 years, but now reports say it will take 10-15 years, so U.S, Canada, Russia, Denmark and Norway are claiming part of the Arctic. Most ships carry organisms while they are passing the North Pole. The fish move to cold water so they travel to different countries, so Russia contests with Norway in the Svalbard Islands which are rich with fish.
Main idea:
Countries are fighting for the Arctic to benefit from oil and fish and they tried to arrive at the North Pole.
Comments:
This race can make profits and also make problems for global warming and old reports were wrong about melting ice and the new reports are correct.
An Inconvenient Truth
In “An Inconvenient Truth” Al Gore describes how the earth is beautiful and he shows us some pictures of the environment. He said all the people know about the problem, but no one cares about this problem.
He talks about the Global Warming and how the climate is changing when the temperature increases. He explains how the Global Warming happens. After that, he explains a chart about CO2 levels. Also we are shown many pictures of some areas affected by Global Warming. Beside, all of these disasters happened last year’s like storms, because of Global Warming. As well, he gives us a good example about his sister when she died because of cancer.
Finally, he talked about the earth in our only home and we must care about all things happening in this planet, and he explained many possible solutions.
I think this movie is very interesting not for all student maybe because it too long but the lecture is very useful and the good thing is the pictures, the graphics and charts. However, we should care about it and aware people about this disaster.
He talks about the Global Warming and how the climate is changing when the temperature increases. He explains how the Global Warming happens. After that, he explains a chart about CO2 levels. Also we are shown many pictures of some areas affected by Global Warming. Beside, all of these disasters happened last year’s like storms, because of Global Warming. As well, he gives us a good example about his sister when she died because of cancer.
Finally, he talked about the earth in our only home and we must care about all things happening in this planet, and he explained many possible solutions.
I think this movie is very interesting not for all student maybe because it too long but the lecture is very useful and the good thing is the pictures, the graphics and charts. However, we should care about it and aware people about this disaster.
Thursday 5 March 2009
Task 2 Introduction of Global Warming.
Global warming is a phenomenon of high temperature in the environment. It happens from the high rate of harmful gases. The harmful gases like CO2, chlorofluorocarbons and methane. Some of these gases came from the factories, machines and CO2 came from the humans. It is a dangerous phenomenon. The ice is melting, the trees can’t grow and the animals will die. The scientists are now trying to find a solution for this problem. We should take care about this problem and be aware. A warmer Earth may lead to changes in rainfall patterns, a rise in sea level, and a wide range of impacts on plants, wildlife, and humans. When scientists talk about the issue of climate change, their concern is about global warming caused by human activities. It is possible to avoid the global warming. I think we should grow trees and we should find another solution to reduce using cars and factories.
Thursday 26 February 2009
Task 1 blog project:
My name is Saleh and my family name is Al Jaberi . I am 19 years old. I live in BaniYas in a big house which is outside Abu Dhabi. I am a student studying now in the Higher College of Technology in the second year in the second semester and next year I will study Networking Engineering. I got the ICDL before in the college and during the semester two I got the IELTS certificate. I am single. I had a lot of friends before the college but in college I meet a lot of new friends. During the school days l liked playing football but now I only like to watch football matches and l like computers very much and every day I open my laptop for downloading movies, especially action movies and surfing in the internet and I update my memory with new programs and new information about computer parts. I like to eat very much such as Mac chicken and big tasty meals from MacDonald, Chinese rice and rice of all types. I hate romantic movies, getting up early and receiving orders. I have a car which is from the Nissan Company and its type is Altima. Before this car I had a Mercedes.
My comment for global warming is that it is the biggest problem which affects the world and human health. There are many ways to prevent this problem for example by guiding people, by publishing by T.V or by making a channel about how to protect the earth.
My comment for global warming is that it is the biggest problem which affects the world and human health. There are many ways to prevent this problem for example by guiding people, by publishing by T.V or by making a channel about how to protect the earth.
Summary (1) UK announces world's largest biofuel project
The government wants to fund the project of using algae instead of using fossil fuels in the cars. Mark Williamson said “the algae can deal with climate change and it could be alternative energy for planes and cars and algae can cut carbon emissions”. The UK government wants to reduce by 80% carbon emissions by 2050. The scientists hope to find a strain that can produce oil for using as car fuel. The first stage is the Carbon Trust thinks the algae biofuels could replace the fossil fuels. “The Carbon Trust will spend lot of money for making research about making algae with high oil content and which grow quickly” Trezona said. The second stage involves an increase in the algae growth operation. The Carbon Trust will build multi hectares to act as laboratories for algae. ” Algae can produce more biomass if they get 12 months of warmth”. In the past there was an effort to develop biofuels from algae by the US. But the project ended and no one succeeded with it. The Carbon Trust believes that interest in algae has been renewed. Several companies around the world are already involved in making fuels from algae and algae have the ability to remove CO2 from the air.
Main idea: The Carbon Trust tries to reduce using fossil fuels and uses algae.
Comments: In my opinion we should use the algae fuel to protect the air and our environment from pollution; we should remove the fossil fuel from our cars and planes to save money.
Main idea: The Carbon Trust tries to reduce using fossil fuels and uses algae.
Comments: In my opinion we should use the algae fuel to protect the air and our environment from pollution; we should remove the fossil fuel from our cars and planes to save money.
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